Yes that was for a deposit...leaving me with all the risk and then some. The gear is not worth those prices unless I bought direct, but even then why would I franchise? I do not wish to buy shares in AM just to run gear for them...oh well. I guess if you already own shares in AM the franchise might be worth it, but definitely not to a non investor.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something, where's the risk? Are you talking about BTC/USD risk? The gear may not be worth 0.2BTC but isn't that irrelevant since it's only a refundable deposit?